Self-Help Credit Union

Self-Help is a family of two credit unions, a nonprofit loan fund, and an advocacy group. Self-Help has a distinct mission to serve low-wealth families and help revitalize low-income communities to stimulate growth and create new jobs.

When we started out more than three decades ago, we focused on technical assistance and loans to support cooperative businesses, minority entrepreneurs and low-income homebuyers. Building on our learnings and successes, our lending has extended to touch many other areas of community development, including:
Child care facilities
Public charter schools
Green enterprises/green jobs
Food systems – expanding access in food “deserts”
Consumer loans that help build savings and improve credit